Genoa (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Beatrice Fettic Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 84-02
Abstract

Primarily, legal documents such as deeds and probate cases; and accounts of the earliest non-indigenous settlers in Nevada, specifically the Motts, Fettics, and Brockliss'. Miscellaneous materials include report card and diploma from Mottsville schools, newspaper clippings, genealogical worksheets, Nevada centennial programs, an autograph album, and scrapbook of 19th and 20th century advertising art. Created by Beatrice Fettic Jones from 1859-1964.

Dates: 1859-1964

Mormon Station inventory of contributions

 Collection
Identifier: NC701
Abstract

Inventory of furnishing donated to Mormon Station State Park, the first permanent non-Indian settlement in Nevada.

Dates: 1962

Richard Gassaway Watkins Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: NC141
Abstract Richard Gassaway Watkins, Nevadan, captain of the Silver City Guards during the first battle of Pyramid Lake and rancher near Ft. Churchill and Walker River Valley. Collection contains letters from Watkins at Carson City, Ft. Churchill, and Genoa, Nevada to "My Dear Burnett," plus typescripts: the first describes Watkins' difficulties with federal soldiers claiming his land for Ft. Churchill and his going into debt; the second letter continues his tale of disagreement with the military,...
Dates: 1860